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Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet

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In article <c5f81jFksmaU1@mid.individual.net>, RS Wood
<rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:

> On 2014-08-18, Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> wrote:
> > RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 02:51:25 +0000 (UTC)
> >> Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> >> 
> >> But I was desperately grateful for the day they put in place a system
> >> for jointly editing documents, as it did away with the many emails I
> >> got with attachments with names like:
> >> 
> >> Document_3 +BS +JSE +Amzi edits(2) 3rd draft-final edits with new
> >> header.docx
> >
> > Or the 1 or 2 page memos sent as Word attachments.
> 
> Or the *tables* formatted as Word attachments.  :)  This is a hole in
> which you can dig without ever reaching the bottom, unfortunately.  How
> about the three word email ("thanks for that") formatted in HTML using a
> Microsoft template that winds up being over a 100KB in images?  I've
> seen it.

Thass because no one ever tells them off about it. Or shows them how to
send plain text emails (assuming that's even possible using MS shite).

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Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-15 02:51 +0000
  Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-18 15:08 +0000
    Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-08-18 20:09 +0000
      Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-18 21:03 +0000
        Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-08-18 22:18 +0100
        Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-08-18 22:21 +0100
          Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-18 21:57 +0000
          Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2014-08-19 14:12 +0200
            Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-08-19 13:15 +0100
            Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-19 12:32 +0000
              Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-08-19 18:59 +0100
                Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-19 20:46 +0000
                Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-08-19 21:58 +0100
                Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-19 21:10 +0000
                Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-08-19 22:20 +0100
          Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-08-20 08:40 +0000
            Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-08-20 20:56 +0100
        Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-08-18 15:34 -0600
        Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-08-20 19:50 +0000
  Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-22 07:34 -0700

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